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Factory output expanded in the three largest Central European economies in October but signs of weakening demand in Western Europe may still hurt export-focused manufacturers in the region.

Purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, figures released Monday showed that manufacturing grew last month in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland. The pace of expansion in PMI was mixed in the three economies. Read More »

Presidents of Israel and Poland attended the opening of a new museum devoted to the history of Polish Jews over the centuries, a project the leaders said is a reminder that Jews not only died here but had earlier led fulfilling lives in places they shared with Polish neighbors.

Reuen Rivlin of Israel and his Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski on Tuesday opened the main exhibition at the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in the center of Warsaw. Before the Holocaust, Poland had a strong Jewish community. After World War II, only thousands remained after millions had been killed in death camps by German Nazi forces. Read More »

Central Europe’s manufacturing activity was mixed in September, going strong in the Czech Republic and Hungary but still declining in Poland reflecting varied domestic demand and ties with key export markets across the region, data showed Wednesday.

Purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, figures showed that manufacturing grew last month in the Czech Republic and Hungary, while it contracted in Poland. Read More »

Poland should put its own safety above any other priorities and help Ukraine militarily only as part of a bigger allied effort, said Poland’s incoming prime minister Ewa Kopacz.

“As to whether we should be sending weapons to Ukraine: you know, I’m a woman,” she told a press conference Friday. “I know what I would do if I saw a person waving a sharp tool or holding a gun: with my house and my children behind me, I’d rush to lock up and protect my children.” Read More »

The 75th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland on Wednesday highlights similarities in the Kremlin’s communication strategy toward the conquered territories of present-day Ukraine then and now.

Much of the wording Russia has used this year regarding Ukraine, during the annexation of Crimea and amid the support the Kremlin gave to Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east, can also be found in the Soviet diplomatic documents pertaining to Poland. Read More »

European Union countries should set up a joint fund to invest in large infrastructure projects that is financed “in a similar way and on a similar scale” as the eurozone’s €500 billion bailout fund, Poland’s finance minister said Thursday.

In remarks at the annual dinner of Brussels-based economic think-tank Bruegel, Mateusz Szczurek warned that the EU was now facing not only a “lost decade” when it comes to growth, but also a “lost generation” of young men and women who can’t find jobs.

“As a continent we are doing worse than Japan in the aftermath of the financial meltdown of the 80s and worse than during the Great Depression in the 30s,” Mr. Szczurek told the guests, which included Jean-Claude Trichet, the former president of the European Central Bank, and several European Commissioners. Read More »

Poland’s prime minister, elected over the weekend to one of the European Union’s top political jobs, said the conflict in eastern Ukraine risks spreading, which should prompt NATO allies to increase deterrence capacity and military readiness.

On the 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, Donald Tusk said Monday that NATO and European allies should not too easily assume that war in Europe is unthinkable.

“In 1939, only several hours before the outbreak of the most horrible war ever, nobody in Poland and Europe except for the leaders of Hitler’s Germany wanted that war,” Mr. Tusk said. Read More »

Central Europe’s factory output was mixed in July, going strong in the Czech Republic and Hungary, but hitting a bump in Poland reflecting varied domestic demand across the region and different connections with key euro-zone export markets, data showed Friday.

Purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, figures showed that manufacturing grew last month in the Czech Republic and Hungary, while it contracted in Poland. Read More »

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